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Secretary Esper Unveils new military symbols banning confederate flags

July 22, 2020 GDC 0

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper issued a new Defense Department policy last Friday that will act as a de facto ban on the display of the Confederate flag. The new guidance governs the display and depiction of […]

  • Dassault Aviation Awarded Contract to Produce Falcon Albatros Maritime Surveillance Aircraft.

    October 11, 2025 0
    On September 26, 2025, the French Defense Procurement and Technology Agency (DGA) placed an order with Dassault Aviation for five Falcon 2000 Albatros aircraft as part of the Maritime Surveillance and Intervention Aircraft (AVSIMAR) program. [...]
  • Turkey’s first fighter jet KAAN conducts maiden test flight

    February 22, 2024 0
    The 21-metre aircraft can reach a maximum speed of 1.8 Mach thanks to its twin engines, which can produce 13,000 kilogrammes of thrust each. Turkish fifth-gen fighter jet ‘KAAN’ to fly after high-speed taxi testsDateJuly [...]
  • U.S. State Department Approves $11.9 Billion Aegis Combat System Sale to Germany.

    April 20, 2026 0
    As part of a process started two years ago, the United States has now approved a German request to purchase the AEGIS/SPY-6 AAW suite. Germany will purchase eight complete sets to outfit the future F127 [...]
  • Historic first: Ukraine’s ‘sea baby’ drone blew up Russia’s kilo-class submarine in the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.

    December 16, 2025 0
    This is the incredible moment Ukrainian forces sink a Russian submarine with a sea drone for the first time in history. Ukraine’s kamikaze drone destroyed Russia’s only Il-38N maritime patrol aircraft.DateDecember 24, 2025Ukraine’s ‘Sub Sea [...]
  • Royal Australian Navy’s Canberra-class Amphibious Assault Ship

    November 17, 2019 0
    The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) fleet of two Canberra-class amphibious assault ships has achieved final operational capability. On 12 November 2019, Australia’s Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds announced that the canberra-class is now ready to [...]
  • Russia Weaponize Natural Gas, Cut Off Gas Supply To Finland

    May 21, 2022 0
    Russia will cut off natural gas to Finland after the Nordic country that applied for NATO membership this week refused President Vladimir Putin’s demand to pay in rubles, the Finnish state-owned energy company said Friday, the latest escalation [...]
Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

April 28, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Poland to deploy Naval Strike Missiles to Protect Baltic Coast

  • Infantry Weapons

    Israeli Rafael Unveils Sixth-generation Spike NLOS With Extended Range And Fire Powers

  • Air Platform

    The State Department Approves 12 MQ-9B Guardian Armed Drones For Australia

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine destroyed three Russian attack helicopters in a sabotage attack

  • Europe

    Russians queues at money exchange as new U.S. sanctions forced Russia to halt transaction in dollars and euros

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Third Type 075 Amphibious Assault Ship Starts Sea Trials

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia becomes the first export customer of Turkish MILGEM Istif frigates

  • Africa

    Algeria Plans to Purchase 14 Sukhoi Su-57 Fighters

  • Anti-ship Missile

    The underperforming Indian Brahmos missile was sold because of China, not because of its performance

  • Americas

    New Zealand Sells 22 Armored Vehicles to Chilean Navy

  • South Asia

    Indian Hindu Nationalist Godi Media Urges Narendra Modi to Bomb Bangladesh’s Base Hosting Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 Drones

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin awarded $4.5 billion contract to produce JAGM and HELLFIRE missiles

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone attacks damaged two MiG-31K fighter jets at Savasleyka airbase in Nizhny Novgorod

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish HAVELSAN and Malaysia’s MIMOS signed defense cooperation agreement.

  • Middle East

    Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems hands over fourth S44 submarine to Egyptian Navy

  • Defense Industry

    China unveiled $236.1 billion defense budget with 7.2 percent raise

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force Shows Off Mass C-17 Air Mobility For European Missions, A Clear Signal Putin’s Regime

  • Naval Platforms

    Amid China tensions, India to build third aircraft carrier

  • Naval Platforms

    Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) of Royal Australian Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Here’s Why India’s Tejas Will Not be the Winning Bidder in Malaysia’s LCA Program?

  • Europe

    Making a fool of Putin’s forces, Ukraine’s decoy weapons cost Russia billions of dollars

  • Defense Industry

    Russia imports 80 percent of its missile components from Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, USA and South Korea

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RAN’s All Female Crews Take MH-60R To The Sky For The First Time

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hunting Chinese And Russian Low-tech Submarines By High-tech USN, JMSDF And RAN Submarines

  • Europe

    Saab Swordfish: A Modern State-of-the-art Maritime Patrol Aircraft

  • Americas

    Prime Minister Trudeau Ordered Downing Of Third Unidentified Object Over Canadian Airspace

  • Europe

    Ukrainian drone blows up Russia’s most advanced T-90MS tank

  • South Asia

    Independent Investigation reveals about the Pilkhana Killings, Bangladesh Rifles mutiny and Indian RAW Involvement.

  • Infantry Weapons

    Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

  • Air Platform

    Airbus delivers A330 MRTTs aircraft to the UAE

  • C4iSR

    Why AESA radar is superior to PESA radar?

  • Air Platform

    Turkiye will use flagship indigenous TF35000 engine on its KAAN fighter jet.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    The JASDF, RAAF and the USAF should team up to collaborate on Loyal Wingman Programme to countering China

  • Cyber

    Danish Navy Seized Chinese Bulk Carrier Yi Peng For Sabotaging German, Swedish and Finnish Submarine Cables

  • Air Platform

    Saab Will Produce Future Fighter Jet As Gripen E Sale Discussions Continued in Peru, Colombia, Philippines and Thailand

  • South Asia

    Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan was misinformed about F-7, poorly trained pilot was to blame for the F-7 crash

  • Air Platform

    Kazakhstan Will Be The First Foreign Buyer Of Bayraktar TB3 Drones

  • Naval Platforms

    Bangladeshi Khulna Shipyard lays keel for five more Padma-class patrol vessels for Bangladeshi Navy

  • Middle East

    Israeli special forces have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza

  • Middle East

    Israel May Have Given Up Golden Opportunity To Kill Iran’s Nuclear Program

  • Europe

    Turkish Bayraktar TB3 reaches 36,310 feet in an altitude trials

  • Europe

    Ukraine just hit Russia’s Ropucha-class landing ship Konstantin Olshansky with a Neptune R-360 anti-ship missile

  • Americas

    Russian Military Suppliers Exploit Loophole in US Microchip Embargo

  • Air Platform

    BAE Systems to develop next-gen touch-screen display, sensors and datalink for Eurofighter

  • Air Platform

    Akinci PT-3: A new and more advanced addition to Turkey’s drone inventory

  • Europe

    France Started Backfilling Rafale Shortfalls

  • Europe

    A major fire engulfed Russia’s ELMASH electromechanical plant in Voronezh

  • Middle East

    Israel Combines All Special Operatives Into Single Elite Force

  • Americas

    USS Tripoli (LHA 7), an America-class amphibious assault ship joins the fleet

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    BAE Systems Starts Prototyping Hunter-class Frigates for RAN

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